Redirect domain to Google Site
Time Required
15 Minutes
Difficulty
Low
The Scenario
In this scenario, we're redirecting a domain managed by Cloudflare to a Google Site. Google Site's are great as they are free!
Prerequisites
Domains managed by other providers can be redirected to Google sites but I don't know anything about that. If your domain is managed elsewhere, you may be able to follow some of this guide but I will not be able to assist you with troubleshooting
Configure Google Site
Connect your domain to your Google Site
Click on the settings cog in the top right
In the menu, select Custom Domains
Click on Add
Leave the subdomain as www and input your domain
It is possible to host multiple websites under the same domain, using subdomains but this guide will not cover that
Click on Next and you will be provided with the below information
Configure Cloudflare DNS
Now that the Google Site is set up to accept your domain, we need to configure the forward in Cloudflare
Navigate to your Cloudflare dashboard and select the relevant domain
On the left hand menu, select DNS
Click on "Add Record", input the below and hit Save
Don't forget to leave a comment down the bottom - this information is helpful when you have a lot of DNS records
Bonus - Redirect the root to www
I highly recommend following this, as by default going to mydomain.com
will not work, but www.mydomain.com
will. In this step, we will redirect mydomain.com
to www.mydomain.com
Navigate to your Cloudflare dashboard and select the relevant domain
On the left hand menu, select DNS
Click on "Add Record" , input the below and hit Save
The IPv4 address does not matter, as we are proxy-ing this data via Cloudflare. The proxy checkbox enables with redirect rule to work. You could use 1.2.3.4 and it will be fine. On the left, click on Rules > Redirect rules
Create a new rule and input the below (don't forget to change the domain address for your domain, highlighted in yellow)
concat("https://www.mydomain.com", http.request.uri.path)
Click on Deploy
You will now need to wait some time for the rules to apply, sometimes this is very slow.
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